House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned vote Wednesday on a stopgap funding bill that could keep the government open for the next six months after more than a dozen of his fellow Republicans walked back their support for it. “We’re going to work through the weekend on that,” said Johnson, R-La., less than five … Read more
GROVE HILL, Ala. — One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care. Nestled in rural Clarke County, the small, nonprofit Grove … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference featuring remarks by college students about antisemitism on college campuses, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Republicans repeatedly said this week that a short-term spending bill may be necessary to keep … Read more
